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16 works by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics — 1319

MS. Arch. Selden A. 45

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World.

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Title

16 works by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics — 1319

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden A. 45

Date

1319

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. 1v-20v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Taḥrīr Kitāb al-Ukar Title: تحرير كتاب الأكر
2. ff. 20v-23v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-kurah al-mutaḥarrikah Title: كتاب الكرة المتحرّكة
3. ff. 23v-37r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Muʻṭayāt Title: كتاب المعطيات
4. ff. 37v-82v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Kurah wa-al-uṣṭuwānah Title: كتاب الكرة والأصطوانة
5. ff. 83r-85r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Taḥrīr al-Maqālah fī taksīr al-dāʼirah Title: تحرير المقالة في تكسير الدائرة
6. ff. 86v-96r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Manāẓir Title: كتاب المناظر
7. ff. 97v-101v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Masākīn Title: كتاب المساكن
8. ff. 102v-114r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī al-ṭulūʻ wa-al-ghurūb Title: كتاب في الطلوع والغروب
9. ff. 115v-128v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Taḥrīr Ẓāhirāt al-falak Title: تحرير ظاهرات الفلك
10. ff. 129v-141r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī al-Ayyām wa-al-layālī Title: كتاب في الأيام والليالي
11. ff. 142v-150r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī jurmay al-nayyirayn wa-buʼdayhimā Title: كتاب في جُرمي النيّرين وبُعدَيهما
12. ff. 150v-152r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Maṭāliʻ Title: كتاب المطالع
13. ff. 152v-159r Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Maʼkhūdhāt Title: كتاب المأخوذات
14. ff. 159v-164v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb al-Mafrūḍāt Title: كتاب المفروضات لثابت بن قرّة
15. ff. 170v-209v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb fī al-ashkāl al-kurīyah Title: كتاب في الأشكال الكرية
16. ff. 210v-261v Author: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين الطوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ Title: Kitāb Daʻāwá al-shakl al-maʻrūf bil-qaṭṭāʻ wa barāhīnihi Title: كتاب دعاوى الشكل المعروف بالقطّاع وبراهينه

Form

codex

Physical extent

20 ff. 4 ff. 15 ff. 46 ff. 3 ff. 11 ff. 5 ff. 13 ff. 14 ff. 13 ff. 9 ff. 3 ff. 8 ff. 6 ff. 40 ff. 52 ff.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

Provenance

The collections of John Selden .

Subject

Mathematics

Geometry

Astronomy

Optics--Early works to 1800

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Title

16 works by Tūsī, Nasīr al-Dīn Muhammas, 1201-1274, on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden A. 45

Date

1201-1274, 1319

Language

Arabic

Physical extent

261 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 3151 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Collection contents

Manuscripts of John Selden

16 works by Tūsī, Nasīr al-Dīn Muhammas, 1201-1274, on the subjects of Geometry, Optics, Astronomy, and Mathematics

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  • Theodosius, active 1st century B.C.

  • Eutocius, of Ascalon

  • Manṣūr ibn ʻIrāq

  • Nasawī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, d. 1039

  • Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, ca. 820-ca. 912

  • Johannitius, 809-873

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  • Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Yaḥya ibn ʻIsa

  • Selden, John, 1584-1654

  • Hypsicles, of Alexandria

  • Thebit, ben Chorat, 836-901

  • Menelaos

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  • Kindī, d. ca. 873

  • Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274

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